Soul of Business with Blaine Bartlett Blaine Bartlett

“LEAD LIKE A GENIUS”
Join me and my guest Melanie van de Velde PhD, Founder Big Tree Global and author of LEAD LIKE A GENIUS: How To Outgrow The Competition And Transform Our World. Geniuses like Mozart, Einstein, Picasso, Van Gogh, and Da Vinci share one common trait that sets them apart from their peers. And it’s not their talent or a high IQ. What if you could use this secret to outgrow your competitors and increase your productivity and brand value? And create a 200–400% higher impact return and genuinely transform our world for the better? Her innovative and revelatory research was awarded the Adam Smith Prize for PhD Excellence and was nominated by the Social Innovation Research Director at Cambridge University.
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“THE GENEROUS LEADER”
Join me and my guest Joe Davis, Regional Chair Emeritus and former head of Boston Consulting’s (BCG.com) North America group and currently the Chair of Boston Consulting’s Center for Inclusion and Equity. Our conversation highlights the need for leaders to connect with their employees on a deeper level and create an inclusive and engaging work environments. BCG’s Bias-Free, Leadership, Inclusion, Safety, and Support (BLISS Index) found that employees who feel happiness and empowerment at work are better able to fulfill their potential by 30%. This opens the question we deeply explore of how can leaders play a role in increasing employee engagement? Joe is the author of the best-selling book The Generous Leader.
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“THE ULITMATE INVESTMENT”
Join me and my guest Mark Murphy, CEO of Northeast Sequoia Private Client Group (northeastprivate.com). Mark is transforming the financial planning and wealth management industry with his innovative and forward-thinking approach. He is ranked #3 in the nation on the 2023 Forbes America's Top Financial Security Professionals List. On this episode we explore the importance of mindset and belief systems when it comes to money, and how investing in oneself and one's business is the ultimate investment. Mark shares insights from his book, The Ultimate Investment: A Roadmap to Grow Your Business and Build Multi-generational Wealth.
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Ah Ha!! Join me and my guest Sunny Vanderbeck (sunnyvanderbeck.com), co-founder and Managing Partner of Satori Capital, an investment firm founded on the principles of conscious capitalism. As an investor, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and former Army Ranger he is focused on accelerating the growth of mid-market companies and creating best-in-class, built-to-last businesses. Sunny's best-selling book, Selling Without Selling Out: How to Sell Your Business Without Selling Your Soul, serves as a roadmap for entrepreneurs navigating the delicate balance between financial success and preserving their values.
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Join me and my guest Cari Jacobs-Crovetto (carijacobs.com), an executive coach and advisor specializing in leadership development. As the founder of The Force Majeure, she offers executive coaching to startup CEOs and founders, including clients from Linkedin, Coinbase, and Twitch. Additionally, she is an active coach at Stanford University and is regularly published in Forbes, as a Forbes Council Member. She spent three months in silence in the Himalayas, has attended Burning Man 17 times and was actively involved in organizing the LA Burning Man community in her 30s. She is also a published poet and has lived in diverse global locations like NYC, London, and India, which further enrich her holistic approach to coaching and leadership.
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                        “POSSIBILITY INTO REALITY”
Join me and my guest Grace Hawthorne (graciemade.com), an entrepreneur, artist, author, and educator, as we explore her newest book Make Possibilities Happen: How to Transform Ideas into Reality. She is the Founder/CEO of Paper Punk, an award-winning Origami meets LEGO mashup that helps people exercise their creativity and Foldmade, an innovative work supply system that helps people get stuff done. As an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University’s design institute (the d.school), she teaches courses on creativity and failure and started a groundbreaking research project on creative capacity building published in Science and covered by Wired magazine. Previously, she founded ReadyMade, the culturally groundbreaking design magazine that ignited the maker movement, and led its acquisition by Meredith Corporation (NASDAQ: MDP). She co-authored the critically acclaimed book on reuse design, ReadyMade: How to Make Almost Everything (Random House/Potter).
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